Jockey Jean Cruguet rode Seattle Slew to the Triple Crown, but in looking back over his career, he named another horse as being even better, stating that this colt would have been a 1-9 shot to win the Triple Crown had he remained sound. Instead, a broken leg sent this ultra-talented youngster off to surgery and then to stud, leaving an entirely unexpected new star to write the headlines that spring. Who was Cruguet's choice as a horse who might have been one of the greatest of the great?

Cruguet was speaking of Hoist The Flag which went on to emphatically confirm this assessment in the breeding shed, especially by siring European Horse of the Year Alleged which won back-to-back editions of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

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Avalyn

4/30/2017 09:09:35 pm

Well done! And the unexpected new star that Hoist the Flag's injury opened the door to? Canonero II.